English language is much younger than Sanskrit , Persian , Greek , Latin , French and other great classical languages of the world . When these Indo -European family of languages were used in the world , English and England did not exist . English we speak and use today came from the Germanic Tribes - Angles , Saxons and Jutes together called Anglo-Saxon . Angles , Saxons and Jutes invaded England in the 5th century and gave the country its name and its language .
The Anglo-Saxons were Germanic Tribes . They lived in the North and West Europe , present day Denmark , Germany and Holland .The languages they used and spoke were Germanic or Teutonic . These languages were closely related to Latin , Greek , Sanskrit and other languages of Indo - European Family of Languages .
Indo - European Family of Languages include Germanic , Latin , Greek , Balto - Slavic , Persian and Sanskrit . Germanic , Latin , Greek , Balto -Slavic , Persian , Sanskrit are almost non - existant . From Germanic came West Germanic , Old English , Middle English , Modern English , New English . From Sanskrit originated Modern Indian Languages - Hindi ,Punjabi , Bengala , Assamese ,Oriya , Gujarati etc .
The natives of England called the Anglo-Saxons , Saxons , on the one hand and the Saxons called the natives of England Wealas or the foreigners . So , from Angles , came Anglisc - later English . The place where Angles lived came to be known as Anglecynn - Angle + kin = Anglecynn - Engalaland - the land of Angles - England . This is how English and England came into existence . This is the story of English and England .

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